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Friday, 19 February 2016

BUDGET WILL BE DECISIVE MARKET BREADTH TURNED POSITIVE

Fridays have been good for the stock market in
India in recent weeks although it has
not managed to live up to its previous week’s performance today indices have just managed to end with minor gains. The Sensex ended a choppy session with gains of
59.93 points or 0.25 % at 23709 Nifty also managed to eke out gains to close at
7,210.75, up 19 points, or 0.26 per cent.It was a quiet day of
trading with markets moving between losses and gains.Banking
shares gained for the second straight day, with public sector banks taking the
lead. The government is likely to set up abad bank to take over the
non-performing assets. Telecom stocks rallied in the session after reports
emerged that Telecom Commission may discuss the liberalization of 800MHz
spectrum in circles that lack market-determined prices. Meanwhile, energy
stocks witnessed heavy selling with Hindustan Petroleum and IOC losing the
most. Oil stocks fall as oversupply woes hit crude supplies globally; Hindustan
Petroleum falls 4.9 per cent, IOC down 4.1 per cent, Bharat Petroleum loses 2.8
%.For the most part of the day, the Sensex and Nifty traded on a subdued note
tracking losses in other Asian markets and selling in oil & gas, FMCG,
capital goods and metal stocks. However, a spurt in the late noon deals pulled
the benchmark indices out of the negative territory. On February 19 Indian Rupee and Bond Market will be closed on accounts
of Shivaji Jayanti Some buying activity is seen in telecom, auto, utilities and
consumer durables sectors while oil and gas, energy, capital goods and pharma are
losing sheen on the BSE. The
broader markets also ended on a subdued note .Among other Asian markets,
Japan's Nikkei climbed 2.47 per cent while Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading
higher by 2.04 per cent in early trade. Shanghai's Composite index was up 0.23 %